Foot treating



H. A. POST.

FOOT TREATING APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.24. 1918.

awe/M501 THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRIWH cm. WASHINGTON, D. c.

- which are left entirely free may be utilized 1 to advantage ingrasping and steadying the respect to the bone and the position of thecontact piece 1, whereupon the bone will be moved or pushed back to itsnormal and proper position, and this without interference from any ofthe adjacent bones. This latter is due to the fact that the tip of thecontact piece is presented to the under side of the foot, and there areno lateral projections on the contact piece such as are likely to exertpressure against the portions of the foot at the sides of the particularbone that is being treated. In other words the contact piece 1 beingsmall the said piece is presented to but one bone at a time,'and hencethe individual treatment of the bones is rendered perfectly feasible. Inthe manner stated all of the misplaced bones of a foot are treated inproper succession and after repeated treatment in the manner indicatedthe malformation of the fallen arch will be completely and permanentlycorrected. 7

The device may be used upon either hand of the operator and in eitheruse the contact piece 1 is capable of being accurately positioned totreat any bone of the foot.

The embodiment illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4c is similar to thatshown inFigs. 1 and 2 in that it comprises a contact piece 1 having the samecharacteristics and the same capacity of function as the contactpiece 1. The said contact piece 1, however, is affixed to the handsomewhat in the same manner as a sail makers thimble. This will be fullyunderstood when it is stated that the said contact piece l is carried ina holder or stall 2 and the said stall, in turn, is carried by a palmpiece 4?, apertured at 5 to receive the base of the thumb, and equippedwith an elastic holding strap 7 extending between and connected to itsends and adapted in use to rest at the back of the hand.

The modification in Figs. 3 and 4 is possessed of all of the advantagesascribed to the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and is also possessedof the advantage that follows from the thumb being left free so that itmay be used in conjunction with the fingers in grasping and steadyingthe foot and correctly positioning the piece 1 and maintaining the samein the desired position.

The embodiments illustrated and specifically described constitute thebest practical embodiments of my invention that I have as yet devised,but it is to be understood in this connection that I do not restrictmyself to any particular mode of attaching the contact piece to orfastening the same upon the hand of the operator, nor do I desire to beunderstood as limiting myself to the fastening of the contact piece uponor the attachment of the same to the hand of the operator inasmuch aswithout departure from the principle of my invention the contact piecemay be so equipped as to be firmly held by the hand.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patout is 1. A foot treating appliance comprising a disk-likecontact piece, of yielding material having a fiat exposed side of a sizeto exert pressure against the under side of a single bone in the humanfoot without in terference from an adjacent bone or bones, a rigidholder carrying and backing said disk-like contact piece, and means forfastening the said holder in position upon the hand of an operator,whereby the fingers of the operator may be used to grasp and steady thefoot coincident with the application of the pad under and against thebone that is to be manipulated.

2. A device for the purpose described comprising a thumb stall, ayielding contact piece carried at the forward end of the stall, a stifishank on the stall and extending rearwardly therefrom, a strap connectedwith the shank and adapted to receive the base of an operators thumb,and a wrist strap also connected with the shank.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

HOWARD A. POST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. O.

